English
maithuna
Maithuna comes from Sanskrit मैथुन ‘sex, sexual intercourse’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमैथुनmaithuna‘sex, sexual intercourse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981maithuna
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमैथुनmaithuna‘sex, sexual intercourse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981maithuna
Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “In Tantric intercourse, or maithuna, neither the man nor…”
Every English word from Sanskrit मैथुन
Today it means
noun tantric sexual union
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit मैथुन / maithuna